Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-29


The Secretary Of the Navy has received q report
OF the grounding OF the U. S. s. Atlanta from Capt
F. NJ. Bunce commanding, dated Newport, July q,
1887. The report states that in returning to New
port with the board ordered to test the batteries
&C., "this vessel touched ground yesterday during
a fog; sea smooth; light airs from southeast The
one bell was stopped and the engines backed,
when she at once returned TO deep water and was
anchored anei The fog fsng she was got underway
examination has been made, and She Ii not be-
lieved to have suffered any injury whatever, with
the her the
Iron propeller. No pipe wire or connection OF the
machinery, &C., was found 70 be injured nor had
derway, and with the board on board proceeded to
sea- and the battery was tested to the satisfaction
OF the board. All parts OF the machinery, rudder,
&C., worked as usual and the ships speed per revo-
luton was the same as before she touched the
bottom"
II is stated at the Navy Department that no re-
port has been received from the board appointed
TO test the AtlantaS batteries and Department
officials do not know whether the test OF the bat
terles ITO the satisfaction Of the board" means
whether they proved the guns serviceable or not.
Weather Predictions.
NECESSARY RXPLANATIoN-NO COOL WAVE COMING.
1t was stated at the Signal ofice to-day that no
cool wave has been sighted, and that although 1t
Is expected that there will be cooler weather this
"
degrees, and tomorrow will be Just about as hot
as ever. The prediction therefore for the next
twenty-four hours, beginning ut 8 O'Clock this
afternoon Is stationary temperature" In other
words 1t is expected that the temperature to
morrow afternoon Will be as high as this AFTER
noon. The weather prophet explained to a STAR
reporter that the weather predictions are made
three times in twenty-fou hours, each pre-
dictiOn being made for thirty.two hours,
although in verifying q prediction no notice
Is taken OF the first eight hours after the pred1c.
Is announced. TO-days prediction, for instance,
was made at O'Clock this morning for twenty.
four hours beginning at 3 O'Clock thiS afternoon.
Any change that might take place between z
o'clock and O'Clock Is not taken into considera-
ton, but the prediction is verified from the reports
at 10 p.m., am. tomorrow and 3 pm. to-mor-
row. In the same way another prediction for
th1rty-two hours Is made at O'Clock this after
noon, but as only twenty-four hours are to be
taken into consideration the prediction really
does not begin until 10 o'clock to.
night and expires at 10 O'Clock tomorrow night
1t is verified by the reports at a. M, p. m. and
10 p. IN. tomorrow. The third prediction will be
made at 10 o'clock tonight, beginning at a. m
tomorrow and ending at a. m. the day following,
and Is verified by reports at 2 a. m, 3p. m, 10
p: m. and a. m. The reason for ignoring the
changes that might occur in the first eight hours
after the prediction Is made Is that when the
thirty-two hours the public could not become &C.
customed to 1t, and great deal OF misunderstood.
ing resulted. Although the thirty-two hours
prediction is still continued, the announcement Is
made for twenty-four hours only, SO as ocause no
confusion